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Pete Hegseth attacks media for not being positive enough about US attacks on Iran
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 13 Mar 2026
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The picture is blocked by my pi-hole so I only see the alt text: "A grimacing man wearing a small suit gestures as he speaks into a microphone." LOL
The media is right to do so.
It should also be their right to do so.
He operates under the US constitution ? Press freedom?
I guess creep guy wishes US was more like a dictatorship…
He’s still facing possible war crime charges for multiple reasons.
Hate it when uncle Pete drinks.
Aww did someone hurt Petey’s fee fees? Aww.
Rear Echelon Mother Fucker
Again the real headlines aren’t saying is: EPSTIEN FILES AND ACCOUNTABILITY of elected officials
Go home ~~Lahey~~ Hegeseth you’re drunk
What a good boy you've been making the world less safe for everyone. Would you like a pat on the head and a sippy cup of vodka? What exactly is positive that he wants the media to focus on? Rising costs, new and renewed hatred of the American empire? Dead people? What is positive except profits for corporate masses? Holy mother of all that is good, tell me what is positive?
Aww, does the fragile little snowflake need a safe space?
The fucking drunk reject is babbling again.
why don't you like my dumb ideas?
It is interesting how even Fox news is against Trump on it. It shows how the media controls policy I guess, when they suddenly cease their existing bias.
“The United States is decimating the radical Iranian regime’s military in a way the world has never seen before,” Hegseth told reporters.
Trump and Hegseth make me think of Harbinger (from Mass Effect): https://masseffect.fandom.com/wiki/Harbinger_(Collector)/Battle_Quotes
“This hurts you.”
“This is true power.”
“The forces of the universe bend to me.”
Now when someone tells me I should be more positive, I can just send them a Hegseth meme.
Yeah, this is a war they can't sell.
Pete Hegseth is a fucking pussy.
Praise be the alt text
For anyone that thinks 9/11 was an inside job, why didn't they do another for Trump?
~~Bush II~~Cheney at least knew to wait for a tragedy to stage an illegal war. Hegseth here can't fathom why he can't garner the same sort of support.
well, he is a well known rapist and prick and not very smart.
I think 9/11 was incompetence, not an inside job. With that out of the way, I have heard theories that the FBI warning of Iranian drones attempting to bomb California might be an inside job attempt.